Bottle Burglars

Characters

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  • SpongeBob's skeleton
• Patrick Star
• Squidward Tentacles
• Eugene H. Krabs
• Sheldon J. Plankton
  • Plankton's eye
• Karen Plankton
• Spot
• Bubble Bass
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• TV actress
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• DoodleBob Template:Cameo
• Mermaid Man Template:Cameo
• Barnacle Boy Template:Cameo

Synopsis

The episode begins with SpongeBob and Squidward cleaning Mr. Krabs' office, with Mr. Krabs telling them to watch over the formula. Meanwhile, Plankton is using an invisibility helmet to steal the formula, and ends up doing so when Squidward accidentally throws it out due to SpongeBob mistakenly placing it in the trash. He goes back to the Chum Bucket to tell Karen this, and she becomes extremely happy.

SpongeBob tries to look for the formula, but cannot find and Squidward tells him it was actually a trash can. SpongeBob and Squidward then look at the security footage to see what happened, and see that Plankton had stolen it. They devise a plan to steal the formula back, while Plankton fails to open the formula due to there being a 12-hour time lock.

SpongeBob and Squidward go inside the Chum Bucket, right when Plankton finishes watching his show and goes to bed. After SpongeBob makes sure Plankton is asleep, they face many obstacles before eventually reaching the safe. However, whenever SpongeBob steps on a tile, he activates a trap which hurts Squidward. When they finally reach the safe, SpongeBob tries to take it, but this causes a rocket to take SpongeBob and Squidward and blast them outside of the restaurant.

Mr. Krabs comes back to the Krusty Krab, where SpongeBob and Squidward tell him that Plankton stole the formula. He gets very mad, but ends up stealing the formula back very easily by punching a hole through the safe outside the restaurant. The episode ends with Plankton being mad that the formula is gone and instead has his pet Spot with a fuel rod, while Mr. Krabs puts SpongeBob and Squidward in his safe to further protect the formula.

Production

The episode was confirmed by Vincent Waller on December 31, 2017.

Storyboards

File:Bottle Burglars Rough

File:Bottle Burglars Final

Release

Format	Title	Region
DVD	The Complete Eleventh Season	United States, Australia
Box set	Another 100 Episodes	United States
	The Best 300 Episodes Ever	United States
Digital release	SpongeBob SquarePants Vol. 18	Global

Trivia

General

• This episode was originally called "Bottle Burgers."
• Plankton's bedroom in this episode is completely different from the bedroom he was previously shown with in "One Coarse Meal." Also, in "One Coarse Meal," Plankton sleeps in his bedroom alone, but in this episode, Karen and Plankton both share the same bedroom. As a result, "Bottle Burglars" is the first time that both Plankton and Karen are shown sleeping together in the same room.
  • This is the first episode in which Spot and Squidward interact.

Dub facts

• In the French dub, Spot's name is not translated.
• In the German dub, this is the last episode in which Thomas Petruo dubbed Plankton before his death on April 13, 2018 from an illness at the age of 61. Coincidentally, this episode aired in the US on the exact same day he died.

Episode references

• This episode references numerous past episodes:
  • SpongeBob being used as a window washer is a reference to "Plankton Retires."
  • SpongeBob washing Mr. Krabs' first dollar is a reference to "Wet Painters."
  • Karen's "kissy face" screensaver from "Grandmum's the Word" reappears when she kisses Plankton.
  • When Squidward turns on the Krusty Krab's security footage, a drawing of DoodleBob can be seen on the bottom of the table, referencing both "Frankendoodle" and "Doodle Dimension."
  • SpongeBob mimicking Plankton is a reference to "Mimic Madness."
  • Plankton turning into a genie when he is trying to open the Krabby Patty formula, which is a reference to "Spin the Bottle." He also says "Open Sesame," which is a reference to Patrick saying the same thing in "Survival of the Idiots."
  • Squidward's claustrophobia from "Wishing You Well" is brought up again in the ending.
  • The boot that squishes Squidward is similar to how the Cyclops' boot squishes Dennis from the first movie.
  • Squidward getting burnt by fire is similar to the deleted scene from "Just One Bite."
  • The piano that fell on Squidward is similar to SpongeBob dropping a piano on Plankton twice in "Fear of a Krabby Patty."
  • When Squidward turns on the Krusty Krab's security footage, the date 05-01-99 (May 1, 1999) can be seen on the bottom of the table. This is a reference to the airdate of "Help Wanted," the first episode of SpongeBob SquarePants.
  • The scenes from the horror movie Plankton was watching also appears in the episode "The Legend of Boo-Kini Bottom" on Karen's screen.

Cultural references

• When Spot chases after the fuel rod, the lightsaber sound from Star Wars is heard.
• The boat that crushes Squidward is the RMS Titanic.
  • This episode marks the third appearance of the RMS Titanic in the franchise. The first was in The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water and the second was in "Moving Bubble Bass."
• The film Plankton watches is the 1961 horror film Creature from the Haunted Sea.
• While Karen is in sleep mode, the floating shapes on her screen allude to the Mystify screensaver included in Windows XP and earlier.

Errors

• The opening credits say "animation director" even though there are two animation directors.
• When SpongeBob is being used as a window washer, one of his eyes turn yellow for a split second.

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Squidward's nose is behind his mouth.

• When SpongeBob takes off the cat burglar suit, Squidward's nose is behind his mouth for one frame.

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SpongeBob's missing eyelashes.

• When SpongeBob says, "I'm not even doing anything!," his eyelashes are missing.
• At the end of the episode, when Plankton yells "No, no, no, no! Kraaabs!" and Spot is licking him, the object in the background flashes from Spot's plutonium rod in sync with Plankton, even though only Plankton should be affected.

Videos

File:SpongeBob SquarePants - "Bottle Burglars" Official Promo

File:SpongeBob SquarePants - Serious Security Nickelodeon

Names in other languages

Language	Name	Meaning
German	Flaschendiebe	Bottle Thieves
Russian	Бутылочные взломщики Butylochnyye vzlomshchiki	Bottle Burglars
Spanish	Ladrones de botellas	Bottle Burglars